A Collierville police officer is suspended without pay after he was charged with domestic violence in connection with an argument at his Bartlett home.

James Dood, 45, was arrested in the early morning hours of Dec. 28 after an incident with his wife, Lori Dood, a dispatcher for the Germantown Police Department. According to police reports, James Dood came home “heavily intoxicated making … threatening and derogatory statements directed at (his wife).”

Police reports state Lori Dood sustained bruises on her arms, wrists and buttocks in the incident, and once Bartlett officers determined the husband was the primary aggressor in the matter, he was arrested.

Tennessee law enforcement officials who claimed grocery and convenience stores do a poorer job of following alcohol laws than liquor stores couldn’t back that up with statistics on Thursday.

After The Tennessean’s request for data, the head of the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association also called on the police group to produce evidence to back its claim.

“I didn’t see any statistics that they provided that showed any correlation between sales at our stores and any detriment to alcohol-related issues,” said Jarron Springer, president of the grocers group. “We respect those law enforcement officials but, again, didn’t see any evidence.”

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – A former Tennessee Department of Corrections manager in Clarksville has been charged after police found numerous child pornography images on his home computers.

Clarksville Police arrested 66-year-old Dexter Mason Tuesday and charged him with sexual exploitation of a minor. Corrections officials confirmed that Mason worked as a manager in the Probation and Parole office in Clarksville. His position included supervising others with the goal of making sure sex offenders were complying with state law.

Police said their investigation began in August when DCS referred an allegation of sexual battery against a minor to them. Detectives seized three computers from Mason’s home during the execution of a search warrant. The computers were turned over to the U.S. Secret Service, who found numerous images of prepubescent children engaged in sexual activity or simulated sexual activity.

MEMPHIS, TN – (WMC-TV) – Memphis Police officer Terrance Shaw, who shot and killed a teen in September, was allowed back to work last week on non-enforcement status. Director Toney Armstrong said it is customary with many officers on administrative leave.

“We put them in places like the Real Time Crime Center where they can watch cameras, take reports, answer phones, and things like that,” said Armstrong. “But they have no responsibilities as far an enforcement.”